{Wander} Layout with the "Enjoy the Journey" Classic Kit

Good morning, it's Meridy with you today, sharing my first layout using the May "Enjoy the Journey" Classic Kit.  There are so many great pieces in this month's kit, lots of colors to work with, and fun embellishments.  I decided to go somewhat monochromatic with this layout, using wood grains, black, white, and blue. 

I used the "B" side of one of the Jillibean Soup papers to mat my whole layout.  Next, the wood grain paper in this kit was to die for, so I wanted it to be the background of this layout.  Then I added layers, starting with the vellum paper, my photos, and lots of embellishments.

I mixed a few pieces from my stash in with the embellishments from this month's kit to create this embellishment cluster.  I started with a wooden frame to frame the "tourist" ephemera, then I layered that up with the blue polka dot heart, the palm tree rub ons, and black enamel heart from the kit.

I really liked mixing up embellishments, phrases, and stamping to make this cluster.  Everything seemed to nestle right together along side of my photo.  Finally, I added a strip of the woodgrain paper down the left side of the layout, I added a little color to it with the mini pom pom trim I had in my stash.  I added my journaling to the framed area on the lower right of the layout, and with that the layout was complete.

Thank you for stopping by today!!!

{My Boys} with the "Study Guide" Kits

Hello, it's Meridy here today.  I have one more "first day of school" layout to share with you using the "Study Guide" Daily Diary Kit and paper add on.  This layout is a bit more masculine, since it's starring my "boys".  

I really love the 3x4 cards that come in the Daily Diary kits, they are perfect for adding lots of layers, colors, and patterns to my layouts.

I also LOVE that all of the Noel Mignon kits are so versatile, I used a couple of tags from past kits to add a little more embellishment to this layout.  Instead of doing a multi color title, I decided to use all of the same color navy Thickers from the kit for my title on this layout.  I thought the navy color really worked with the colors in this masculine layout.  

That wraps up my layout for today!  Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a great week!

{Hello, My Love} layout with "Weekend in Paris" Classic Kit

Hello all!  It's Meridy here with a layout I made using the "Weekend in Paris" Classic Kit.  I went for a bit of a monochromatic black and white look with a little touch of aqua.  I thought that the black and white picture of my son from last year would go perfectly with this color combo.

I layered a piece of black cardstock with the "b" side of one of the Maggie Holmes papers from this month's kit and topped that with the heart print paper to create the base of my layout.  Once I had that set up everything else layered together pretty quickly.

I knew right away that I wanted to use the "hello" wood veneer and paint it white to match the layout.   As I was going through the rest of the embellishments from the kit I found the word "LOVE" on the puffy sticker sheet.  I thought that the "hello" and "love" were perfect for a title, and I decided to add the word "my" with the mini alpha stickers for the final title of "hello my love".  

I added the cute clip with hearts on it right above my title, a sprinkling of dark grey enamel dots and the self adhesive gold sequins,  2 banner die cuts, a bit of the gold washi tape, the date, and a couple of label stickers to finish off my layout.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I would love to see what you have created lately with your Noel Mignon kits on Instagram #NoelMignon.  Have a great week!!!

Hello everyone!  It's Meridy here today, and I'm working with the "High Five" Daily Diary Kit and the 12x12 paper add on. This week the design team is participating in a "Color Challenge".  We are going to be going to the "extreme" with our color schemes, and choose either a monochromatic color scheme or a rainbow color scheme.  I decided to use a monochromatic color scheme and some black and white pictures.

I absolutely fell in love with the ombre wooden plank patterned paper in this month's kit.  I knew right away that I wanted to use it on a monochromatic layout.  So this challenge was the answer!  

I started by building up the layers of patterned paper, I even used the packaging from the Pretty Little Studio bingo cards.  It is the cute type-written text paper on the right hand side of the layout, I love when packaging is so cute that it can double as an embellishment!  

Once I built up my layers, I decided to use some stamps to add a little interest to this layout.  I started out by stamping a few images, and fussy cut them out.  Next I stamped a few phrases over and over without re-inking the stamps in between.  This gives a nice variety of hues, using only 1 color of ink!

Finally, I added a few embellishment clusters and stitched around one patterned paper on each side of the layout.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Have a great week :)